Farmers Movement Archive

BJP leader chased into street in Haryana, video goes viral

Ismailabad (Kurukshetra): Saturday’s local video of farmers’ chasing BJP’s Jai Singh Pal into a street and manhandling him became Sunday’s social-media sensation. Appointed Haryana de-notified tribes’ development board vice-chairman last week, Pal was in town for a congratulatory event that the BJP had to cancel. It was small welcome event organised at a local shop but the farmers got wind of it despite the rescheduling and cordoned the venue. Some people tried to smuggle Pal out to his car but the farmers confronted them with anti-government slogans. Pal abandoned his car and ran into a lane, where farmers chased him down while raising pro-BKU slogans. The video shows young members of the farmer union running behind Pal into the street and catching hold of him, after which they tell him to follow them. Ismailabad SHO Vikrant said: "We got the report late but our teams reached the spot in front of the Patanjali store of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker Vinod Sharma. When we got there, there were 15-odd people around the shop and we asked them to leave. Till Sunday afternoon, we had no complaint about the attack." The community of Jai Singh Pal assembled at Pal Dharamshala in Kurukshetra on Sunday and met local MP Nayab Singh Saini before it took a written complaint to Ismailabad police. Kurukshetra district BJP president Raj Kumar Saini said: "It was a pre-planned attack. The people who sabotaged an event to honour a Backward Class leader cannot be farmers. They could be Congressmen and communists." Saini said: "Jai Singh Pal is a poor, humble man. An attack on him is an attack on the entire BC community. The Congress is an old enemy of the SC/BC communities."

The Times of India

2021-04-19

Chandigarh